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Old 01-27-2010, 10:00 PM   #27
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honestly mvd is not that big of deal my dd is 6 years almost with no symptoms and she takes steroids and thyroid meds and still no issues so i personally would not have biopsy just do low protein diet as I never did biopsy at spay and never knew there was an issue at time of spay as vet i do not believe did pre blood work or did an inhouse check - i found out she was mvd at time of going on atopica meds a new vet we see wanted bile acids done and that is where it came up - there really is nothing they will do if it is mvd anyway so why put the dog through that invasive surgery to say yep it is mvd when the numbers already show that - jmho


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yes some vets do not believe if dog is not having symptoms to change diet but i would still go with 22% protein diet with mvd even if no symptoms
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